The chainmail evening bag, complete with leather lining, was designed by Emanuel Joseph and dates back to 1913.

It belonged to Mr Jones’s wife Dora Jones, a wealthy socialite, and even boasts connections to two royal cruise ships.

Mrs Jones’s first husband David Archibald was general secretary of the North Atlantic British Liner Committee but died in a car crash in 1963.

The bag was found amid photos of life aboard RMS Elizabeth and RMS Queen Mary in the 1940s and 50s.

Image copyrightHansonsImage caption Dora Jones and her first husband David Archibald OBE aboard the Queen Mary Image copyrightHansonsImage caption Auctioneers said the bag was “a wonderful find and a wonderful story”